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Vino el compa albino

Albino is my compadre. This means I will look for his son Juan Luis if he would not be there for him. He was born on march, in the seventies, in a little community called Boca del Barco in the south of Veracruz, México. In the present, he lives in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, México, which is very famous for the thousands of femicides and big maquilas. He has 2 beautiful children with his wife Lucía.That year, he decided to travel by bus more than 2,200 kilometers from Ciudad Juárez to Boca del Barco, Veracruz, to spend a few days with his beloved family, and of course, to introduce little Juan Luis to the life of the rancho (farm). ​On new years eve they celebrate in many ways in this region. Usually there is fandango going on in every community around. A fandango is a reunion of people, some of them musicians, some other son jarocho dancers and some others, music lovers. They play music and sing around a wooden tarima, while the bailadoras or dancers tap on the tarima. This time, as the tarima was not around, a door was the tap court. Food is always present: chicken and beef tamales, mojarras (fish), and toritos. Jokes, games, laughs and stories were the big dessert for that night. Toritos are a bit too strong in alcohol, but they are sweet and tasteful because they are prepared with mango or guanábana or lemon. Torito means little bull. And as in the farm, if you run into a torito, you will probably experience a serious knockout.